[61416] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fw: GLBX ICMP rate limiting (was RE: Tier-1 without their own
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Thu Aug 28 15:16:52 2003
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:15:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <chris@UU.NET>
To: alex@yuriev.com
Cc: "variable@ednet.co.uk" <variable@ednet.co.uk>,
"nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10308281425470.21632-100000@s1.yuriev.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 alex@yuriev.com wrote:
> > http://tinyurl.com/li0s
> >
> > Neither is really an 'order' so much as a 'suggestion'.. either way, its
> > kind of inappropriate to make this suggestion without knowing how each
> > operator can or could apply a fix... that is my opinion atleast.
>
> The thing is - DHS told us so is the new favourite excuse for operators to
> refuse to fix anything that is/or could be broken.
>
> Over last two weeks I have heard the "We have implemented the DHS order" as
> the excuse from
-- snip excuses --
>
> Of course, the moment one hears the "DHS told us" line, nothing else can be
> done.
>
perhaps a change in vendors is in order? I can't see why people would lie
about this, or why they'd listen to the 'request' from DHS in the first
place ;( Oh well.
